Wantagh is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Wantagh Avenue and Railroad Avenue near NY 27 in Wantagh, New York. It is commonly used as a terminal and origin for some Babylon branch trains during the rush hours.
South track at Wantagh station as an eastbound M7 train arrives
The Babylon Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The term refers to the trains serving Montauk Branch stations from Valley Stream east to Babylon; in other words, the Babylon Branch is a rail service rather than an actual track. The electrification of the Montauk Branch ends east of the Babylon station, so the Babylon Branch is mostly served by electric trains.
Babylon Branch train #108 departs the Lynbrook station, bound for Babylon.
Babylon station
Aerial view of (from bottom) the Wantagh, Seaford, and Massapequa stations along the Babylon Branch
Color light signals on the Babylon line